Sydney Construction Has Started!!

[JD07]

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Hell Yes I am finished.

Well finished enough to cook anyway, I still have to finishe thge screening, the mozaic tiles for the dome and maybe a seating area at one end but that can wait because I am cooking with fire now.

I cured the oven with heat beads for 2 full days and then yesterday afternoon I thought I would just light a small fire,,,,,,, well 1/2 hr later and I am in full pyro mode and have her blazing.

One Match start up little pyramid worked great. Then chucked a bit of meat and veg into a heavy based tray.


Let her heat up and then move the fire to the side and its good to go.





I haven't taken the temps but the meat cooked in an 1 1/4 hrs and was slightly overdone. So I could have done it in 45 minutes and rested the meat.

And Man Stood Back and looked at his work and Said I am well pleased

[Muscats]

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Thats fantastic and so quick! You will have to stop calling yourself a "serious desk jockey" now. With the quality and speed you have show building your WFO you could do it for a living!

All the best with the finishing and cooking, think of me I am just about to start mine.

[JD07]

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Many mistakes made but also a few lessons learnt for next time.

[fljaweiu]

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Yeah same here...
We have the same issues...
If there's anybody out there who share something with regards to this please post it here and share..
Thanks...

[C5dad]

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Nice job on the oven. The brickwork looks very nice!

How is it firing up now? With the nice and tall chimney, are you noticing a good draft once it gets going?

[mn8tr]

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This is totally off topic but does anyone else see an image reflecting in the wet foundation photo. Creeping me out a little, maybe I need to lay off the caffeine.

[fxpose]

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Yeah, that is creepy. I see it too.

[Lburou]

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This is totally off topic but does anyone else see an image reflecting in the wet foundation photo. Creeping me out a little, maybe I need to lay off the caffeine.

I saw something too....Maybe it was a worm hole to the future, showing what was to come to that spot

Really good final product! Thanks for sharing.

[brickie in oz]

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Your arch is doomed to fail with all that chimney weight on it with no lateral support.

[dmun]

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doomed to fail with all that chimney weight on it

This may be a bit of an exaggeration. Arch cracks are not uncommon, they don't presage collapse.

[C5dad]

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Just wondering on line - how many arch failures has the forum members witnessed??

[brickie in oz]

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This may be a bit of an exaggeration. Arch cracks are not uncommon, they don't presage collapse.

How do you cheat physics and gravity.

[bris-pizza-oven]

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i tend to agree with brickie even though its an arch theres a heap off weight in there without sideways support for the arch at the base in saying that...

it looks great and it wont be hard to fix up later on

[dmun]

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Just wondering on line - how many arch failures has the forum members witnessed??

Lots of cracks, one or two loose bricks that needed to be re-mortared, but no outright collapses after the mortar dried.

[brickie in oz]

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All about arches, load distribution, support, etc.

Auroville Earth Institute, training courses, workshops on Vaults, Arches, Domes(VAD), stabilized rammed earth walls, compressed earth blocks, vaulted structures, compressed stabilised earth blocks, rammed earth.

Its a very good read.